Anxiety sensitivity and its association with perceived barriers for quitting, smoking inflexibility, and severity of quit problems among Black smokers

Black individuals who smoke in the United States experience health disparities related to tobacco use (e.g., greater nicotine dependence, less success in quitting smoking) and interoceptive distress (e.g., somatic symptoms, anxiety). Individual difference factors that amplify interoceptive distress...

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Published in:Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse 2024-11, Vol.23 (4), p.788-805
Main Authors: Zvolensky, Michael J., Redmond, Brooke Y., Smit, Tanya, Matoska, Cameron T., Mayorga, Nubia A., Gallagher, Matthew, Garey, Lorra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anxiety
Anxiety - ethnology
Anxiety - psychology
anxiety sensitivity
Barriers
Black or African American - ethnology
Black or African American - psychology
Directional sensitivity
Drug dependence
Female
Health disparities
Humans
Individual differences
Male
Middle Aged
Nicotine
Population growth
Psychological distress
Racial differences
Smokers - psychology
Smokers - statistics & numerical data
Smoking
Smoking - epidemiology
Smoking - ethnology
Smoking - psychology
Smoking cessation
Smoking Cessation - ethnology
Smoking Cessation - psychology
Somatic symptoms
Tobacco
Tobacco Use Disorder - ethnology
Tobacco Use Disorder - psychology
United States - ethnology
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Summary:Black individuals who smoke in the United States experience health disparities related to tobacco use (e.g., greater nicotine dependence, less success in quitting smoking) and interoceptive distress (e.g., somatic symptoms, anxiety). Individual difference factors that amplify interoceptive distress and contribute to poorer smoking behaviors and outcomes warrant further attention and investigation. Thus, the present study sought to explore the association between anxiety sensitivity and clinically-relevant smoking variables of perceived barriers for quitting, smoking inflexibility, and problems experienced during past quit attempts. Participants in the current study included 98 Black adult smokers (71.4% male; M age = 44.08 years, SD = 11.44 years). Results indicated greater levels of anxiety sensitivity were associated with greater levels of perceived barriers for quitting smoking (b = 0.10, SE = 0.08, p = 0.01), smoking inflexibility (b = 0.02, SE
ISSN:1533-2640
1533-2659
1533-2659
DOI:10.1080/15332640.2022.2129538